Hat-rack.



R. BRATTON.

HAT RACK. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1909.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

J9 57 2g 2 .2; 5/ -11 Y 1 $26 I J /lk lkzfik UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROSCOE BRATION, OF LEBANON, INDIANA.

HAT-RACK.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, Rosoon BRATTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lebanon, in the county of Boone and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Hat-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to combined coat and hat racks and has for an object to provide a practical and inexpensive device of this character which can be formed from a single piece of wire and can be arranged in the corner of a room or clothes press whereby to utilize space that is generally wasted.

A further object is to provide a combined coat and hat rack in which the hat supporting rack is so arranged relatively to the coat hooks that the hat on being accidentally dislodged therefrom will be caught and held by the hooks without damaging or injuring the hat in any manner.

A still further object is to provide a portable coat and hat rack which can be packed in a small space and can be hung on a convenient pair of spaced nails or hooks when a temporary combination rack is desired.

With the above advantages and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention embraces certain novel details of construction and combination of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of the specification, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved hat and coat rack showing the same assembled with a wooden back. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the combined coat and hat rack showing the same secured to a corner. Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective view of the device. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of my improved hat and coat rack.

Like characters of reference designate similar parts in the views shown.

The invention consists of a single piece of wire looped at one end to form an eye 1, the short end being again looped to form a securing hook 2 in a plane at right angles to said eye, the long end being directed in a straightened portion 8 disposed in the same plane as said securing hook but at right angles thereto and then bent downwardly a short distance therefrom to form a coat holding hook 4c thence bent back along Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 27, 1909.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

Serial No. 519,830.

said coat hook to said straight portion, being wrapped around the shank of said hook adjacent said straight portion, as shown at 5, then extended in a straight portion 6, in alinement with the straight portion 3 and being again bent downwardly a short distance from the coat hook 4 to form a similar coat hook 7, the strand being thence alternately bent and straightened to form aplurality of equally spaced coat hooks 8 alternating with alined straightened portions 9 until the desired number of hooks have been formed. The strand is then wrapped around the terminal straightened portion to form an eye 10, then directed outwardly therefrom in the plane of the straightened portion 9 and at right angles thereto, as shown at 11, thence bent and carried back parallel with said alined straightened portions, as shown at 12, to the intermediate straight portion, when the strand is directed inwardly as shown at 13 and wrapped around said intermediate straightened portion to form an eye 14, then directed outwardly again, as shown at 15 and again bent back and continued parallel with the straight portion 6, as shown atv 16, to the securing hook 2 when the end portion of the strand is looped back upon itself to form an eye 17 engageable with the hook 2, as shown.

The device may be secured to a suitable wooden back 18 by means of staples or similar connectors 19 engaged through the terminal and intermediate securing eyes. The shanks of the coat hooks being disposed in a plane at right angles to the plane of the parallel straightened portions 9 and 12, will bear against the front face of the back and support the straightened portions 12 and 16 in a horizontal position, as shown. A hat may be placed with its brim spanning the straightened portions 9 and 12 and will be securely supported thereby under ordinary conditions. If, however, the hat should become accidentally displaced the rear portion of the brim will gravitate into the coat hooks below the rack formed by the straightened portions and be caught and securely held thereby from falling to the floor. r

In Fig. 2 is shown a modification of my device, which in this case is formed similar to the preferred form above described and in addition is bent adjacent the intermediate eye lq-l so that the straigl'itened portions 12 and 16 instead of being in alinement, as above described, will be disposed at right angles to each other. The device may now be mounted on an angle back 18 and an ranged to conform to a corner of a clothes press or other desired room and will then operate to utilize this corner space which, under ordinary conditions is wasted.

A further modification of my device is shown in Fig. at, which in general construction is formed from a single piece of wire looped upon itself at one end to form a securing eye 20, the shortened end being again looped to form a hook 21, the longer end being continued in a straightened port-ion 22, substantially in the same plane as the said securing eye 20 but at right angles to the said securing hook 21 and being bent downward a short distance from said securing hook to form a coat supporting hook :28, thence being carried back along said hook and wrapped around the shank thereof adjacent said straightened portion, as shown at 24;, thence directed in alinement with said straightened portion. as shown at 25 and again bent to form a supporting hock 26 similar to the coat supporting hook 23, being thence alternately bent and straightened to form a plurality of equally spaced hooks alternating with alined straightened portions until the desired number of hooks has been formed when the strand is wrapped around the terminal straightened portion to form a securing eye 27, thence directed outwardly at right angles 'to said alined straightened portion, as shown at 28, and bent and carried back parallel with said straightened portion, as shown at 29, the terminal being looped upon itself to form a hook 30 adapted to engage the before mentioned hook 21 as shown. The securing eyes 20 and 27 may be engaged over a convenient pair of spaced hooks when the coat securing hooks will bear against the wall of the room thereby causing the parallel straightened portions of the device to assume a horizontal position, as above described.

It will be seen that a device of this character may be easily packed in a minimum amount of space and will be in set up position when unpacked ready to be attached to any convenient securing means.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that the construction and operation of my invention will be easily understood without a more extended explanation, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be made without sacrificing any of the advantages or departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A combined coat and: hat rack consisting of a single piece of wire looped upon itself adjacent one end to form an eye, the short strand being again looped to form a securing hook at right angles to said eye, the long strand being directed in a substantially straightened portion in the plane of said eye and at right angles to said securing hook and bent downwardly a short distance therefrom to form a coat securing hook, thence being bent back along said coat hook and directed in a straightened portion in alinement with the first named straightened portion, the strand being thence wrapped around the last named straightened portion to form an eye, and thence directed outwardly therefrom and continued back parallel with said alined straightened portions to said securing hook, being looped upon itself thereat to form an eye for engagement with said securing hook.

2. A combined coat and hat rack consisting of a single piece of wire looped upon itself adjacent one end to form an eye, the short strand being again looped to form a securing hook at right angles to said eye, the long strand being directed in a substantially straightened portion in the plane of said eye and at right angles to said securing hook and bent downwardly a short distance therefrom to form a coat securing hook, thence being bent back along said coat hook and wrapped around the shank thereof adj acent said straightened portion and directed therefrom in a straightened portion in alinement with the first named straightened portion, the strand being thence wrapped around the last named straightened portion to form an eye, and thence directed outwardly therefrom and at right angles there to and continued back parallel with said alined straightened portions to said securing hook, being again directed inwardly at right angles to said alined straightened portions and looped upon itself thereat to form an eye for engagement with said securing hook.

3. A combined coat and hat rack consisting of a single piece of wire looped upon itself adjacent one end to form an eye, the short strand being again looped to form a securing hook at right angles to said eye, the long strand being directed in a straightened portion extending in the plane of said eye and at right angles to said securing hook and being bent downwardly at a short distance from said hook to form a coat securing hook, being thence bent back along said hook and extended in a straightened portion therefrom in alinement with the first named straightened portion, then bent in a series of alternating and alined hooks and straightened portions, the terminal straightened portion being wrapped upon itself to form an eye and then directed outwardly from said eye and bent back parallel with said alinecl as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signastmightened portions and at right angles to ture in the presence of two Witnesses.

the plane of said alinecl coat hooks to a point adjacent said securing hook, and being ROSCOE BRATTON' thereat bent upon itself to form an eye en- Vitnesses:

gageable with said securin hook. BARTON S. HIGGINS,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing FLORENCE HARMON. 

